Color your Hair Naturally: 7 Amazing Herbs to Use

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Learn the most amazing ways to colour your hair naturally with the most miraculous ingredients to act as natural hair dyes. You will also get tips on exactly how to use the natural dyes whether you are looking to bleach your hair, get a brunette look, or totally go red

It may surprise you to learn just how much hair color and dye damages the hair follicle. You can however revive your the hair’s pig nd shine without causing permanent change to your hair by using natural ingredients to colour your hair naturally. For this reason, tipshaircare.com is inviting you to explore this amazing 7 natural ways to color your hair that will give your hair the fleeting color perfection.

Using Coffee to Dye Your Hair

Coffee can be a great way to colour your hair naturally by darkening your hair especially is you are expectant or you just want a temporary color solution.

Coffee is one of the best natural hair colours as it acts as an exfoliant on the scalp which stimulates the hair follicles for hair growth as well as softening and adding shine to your hair.

Things you will need:

Shampoo and conditioner (Preferable homemade shampoo)

Dark roast ground organic coffee

Wind toothed comb

Shower cap

Dark towel

Step 1:

Boil your 250ML Dark roast ground coffee then let it cool down. This is because you don’t want to end up with a burn.

Step 2:

Afterward, mix 2 parts of conditioner with 1 part of the cooled down coffee.

Step 3:

Wash your hair with shampoo to get rid of any oil then apply the coffee mixture on your hair from roots to ends using a wide toothed comb.

Step 4:

Put on the shower cap and wait 20 minutes before rinsing the hair with cold water and drying.

Tip:

Don’t shampoo the hair after applying the coffee otherwise all the dye will wash off.

You can repeat the above process without the conditioner by boiling 500ML Dark roast ground coffee, letting it cool and spraying it in your head twice a week until you get the desired results.

Using Herbs to Dye Your Hair

There are different herbs you can use color your hair naturally depending on the look and colour you are going for. That is why we have given you different options to choose from.

Using Lemon Juice as a Bleaching Agent

Lemon is great for colouring your hair naturally by giving you a well deserved highlights without damaging your hair. On top of being great bleaching agent, Lemon has Vitamin C which promotes hair growth by producing collagen as well as relieving your itchy scalp and preventing split ends. It also prevents hair fall by tightening the hair follicles as well as cleaning the scalp and unclogging hair follicles.

Things you will need;

3 Big Lemons

1 cup of water

Hair Spray

Hair Brush

Step 1:

Squeeze the lemon to get lemon juice then mix all the lemon with a cup of lukewarm water and put on the hair spray

Step 2:

Wash your hair clean to get rid of any oil and dirt, pat it dry, and then spray the lemon juice on sections you need to highlight.

Step 3:

You can use a hair brush to apply the juice onto the sections you need to cover because this will give it an even look

Step 4:

Cover your hair with plastic and sit under the sun for one hour or until the lemon juice completely dries out. You can also use a blow drier or hair drier if you do not want to sit outside. Then rinse it off with warm water.

Tip:

Repeat the process twice a week without shampooing your hair until you get the desired results.

Using Carrot and Beetroot for Red Hair Color

Dying your hair with beetroot and carrot is an amazing way to add a temporary deep red tint or a golden undertone to your strands. It’s one of the best ways to dye your hair naturally because you won’t have to deal with any nasty chemicals. Carrot and beetroot are rich in vitamins and minerals with help in weight management and also give required energy and body nourishment.

Depending on the tone you want, vary the carrot and beetroot quantities. Therefore, if you want to achieve a deep red tint with cool undertones, opt for beetroot juice. The steps for using beet juice as a natural hair dye are similar to those for carrot juice so you don’t have to be worried about messing this up.

Things you will need

1 cup beetroot juice

1 cup carrot juice

Dark Towel

Spray bottle

Step 1:

Mix the beetroot and carrot juice to get lemon juice then mix all the lemon with a cup of lukewarm water and put on the hair spray.

Step 2:

Wash your hair clean to get rid of any oil and dirt, pat it dry, and then spray the mixture on sections you need to highlight.

Step 3:

You can use a hair brush to apply the juice onto the sections you need to cover.

Step 4:

Cover your hair with plastic and sit under the sun for one hour or until the beet and carrot juice completely dries out.

If you don’t want to sit under the sun, you can use a blow drier or hair drier if you do not want to sit outside, Then rinse it off with warm water.

Tips to achieve the best natural hair colour

Repeat the process twice a week until you get the desired results.

You can use coffee to achieve a darker shade of red.

You can also add marigold, calendula, rosehips, and hibiscus to deepen the red undertone.

Using Henna to Dye Your Hair

Henna has been used as a natural hair dye with effective color pigment for thousands of years

Natural henna is loaded with amazing hair benefits from improving scalp health with its cooling and antimicrobial properties. Moreover, it good for conditioning the hair, Balancing the PH, oil production to curbing hair loss.

Things you will need

Henna

Warm Water

1 tablespoon of flax seed

Coconut oil

Hair Dying Brush

Disposable shower cap

Step 1

Mix about 1 tablespoon of flax seed to ½ cup of water and let it boil and filter the water. Don’t let it become too dense

Step 2

Mix about 1 cup of henna with flax water(warm) and stir until it feels like mashed potatoes. You can add more water it necessary.

Step 3

Wash your hair without treating or conditioning it to get rid of any oil

Step 4

To protect the henna from staining you, wear a headband and apply coconut oil along your hairline.

Step 5

Section the hair and apply the paste mixture from root to end to small sections of your detangled damp hair.

If you want to dye the whole hair ensure its all covered. If you want to dye highlights, use aluminum foil to cover the highlights.

Step 6

Wrap your hair in plastic and let the color develop at least two hours (and up to six) before washing it out.

Tips:

How long you leave the dye on your hair depends on how intense you want the color to be , you hair’s porosity and absorbing power and how delicate you skin is.

Like all hair dyes, it will get a little messy so you will need to get a pair of gloves when handling any of the above mixtures. It is also best if you can stand in your shower while applying the mixtures to your hair so that any color spills are contained in one area.

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